Bonaforth

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Bonaforth
City of Hann. Münden
Bonaforth Coat of Arms
Coordinates: 51 ° 24 ′ 8 ″  N , 9 ° 37 ′ 36 ″  E
Height : 130 m above sea level NN
Residents : 456  (Dec. 31, 2014)
Incorporation : 1st January 1973
Postal code : 34346
Area code : 05541
View towards Bonaforth from Hann. Flow out to the west

Bonaforth is a small district of Hann. Münden in the district of Göttingen in Lower Saxony.

Geographical location

The place is located on the north slope of kaufungen forest and at the right side of Fulda (river kilometer 105) at Bonaforth with a barrage is regulated. The state border between Hessen and Lower Saxony runs in the middle of the river. On the southern edge of the village, the so-called student path leads past and offers a vantage point with a view over the village to Hann. Münden.

history

The place was first mentioned in 1318 as Bollenuorde . In addition to Bollenuorde , Bonaforth also appears in the documents under the names Bollenvorde , Bollenförde and Bollenford . The origin of the place name is probably derived from a ford which once led through the Fulda on planks and the exact location of which is unclear.

The centuries-long close connection between Bonaforth and Münden, which lies around two kilometers down the Fulda, can be seen in the example of the council brickwork of the city of Münden, which has been archived in the municipal treasury files since 1382 and was built on the outskirts of Bonaforth. This Mündener Ratsziegelei is probably one of the oldest brickworks in Germany. The large clay and clay stocks in Bonaforth were used for the production of bricks and bricks. A settlement of brick makers developed around the brickworks. In 1869 the city sold its rights to the brickworks, giving up a 500-year communal ownership. The brick factory continued to be operated privately; The last structural remains were bought by the community of Bonaforth in 1962 and gradually demolished. Today only the street name An der Ziegelei bears witness to this story.

Since 1382 there is evidence of a kemenate (permanent house) in Bonaforth that belonged to the castle man Besecke von Harste and supposedly served to secure the border against Hesse. The knight or feudal estate has had changing owners since then. The "Alte Hof" was built in 1653 under Lieutenant Colonel Heinrich von Siegel, a little above the point where the Steinbach flows into the Fulda. The simple three-storey half-timbered building from the Baroque era was destroyed in 1945 by American tank bombardment. What is left of the fiefdom is the "Neue Haus" ("Gut Neuhaus", today Bonaforther Strasse 56) Vorwerk, which served as an inn and popular excursion restaurant at the gates of Münden in the 19th century.

On January 1, 1973 Bonaforth lost its political independence and was transferred to the city of Hann as part of an administrative and territorial reform . Münden incorporated.

Economy and Infrastructure

Bonaforth on the Fulda, aerial view from the west

The first economic impetus came in the Middle Ages from the local council brickwork in the neighboring city of Münden. Later the village also lived on transit, i.e. H. the goods and travel traffic on the Fulda River (canalised with lock and weir at Bonaforth since 1895) and on the long-distance road between Münden and Kassel that passes south of the village. There were therefore activities within the framework of the repair of the Bohlenfurt and the construction of roads. For the latter, there was a path hermitage in the place , from which the repair work was carried out. With the construction of the great art route Hannover-Kassel around 1775, these activities became superfluous. The railway, which was extremely economic in other places, had hardly any economic impact in Bonaforth because the route of the Hanoverian Southern Railway was laid across the village in the 1850s without a stop. Since then, the local embankment has shaped Bonaforth and separates the northern Altdorf from the southern Neudorf.

From 1955 Bonaforth experienced its own small economic miracle through Westfälische Zellstoff Alphalint , which built a branch plant with a rail connection on the outskirts of the town, co-financed by the zone border promotion. The resulting tax payments and prosperity contributed to the flourishing of the community. Streets and squares could be renewed, the lighting improved and investments in public house construction. The central water supply from 1928 could be expanded and a new sewer system built in the village; In addition, there was the regulation of the Steinbach valley, the construction of a sports field and the construction of a community center . In October 1990 bankruptcy proceedings for the Alphalinth were initiated; the building was demolished in 1993/94. Industrial construction is still present in the village coat of arms. In 2010 a solar park was built on the former Alphalint site.

Attractions

In the middle of the old village center there is a fenced-in churchyard with the Protestant chapel, which is said to have been built in the 17th century by the liege Heinrich von Siegel. As a small hall building, it consists of a massive substructure made of broken and ashlar stones and a half-timbered structure on top. The inscription "1784" above the entrance bears witness to recent repairs. The roof was damaged during World War II; the small roof turret was then rebuilt in a modified manner. The Protestant chapel community is independent, but belongs to the Evangelical Lutheran community of St. Blasius Church in Münden.

In the upper part of the village there is a stone two-arch bridge on Alte Kasseler Landstrasse , which, according to the inscription, was built in 1744 by the Royal Road Construction Administration as part of the Hanover-Kassel Chaussee. The dilapidated bridge has been taken out of service for road traffic. The resulting temporary inaccessibility of some houses for trucks was a local controversial topic with satirical media celebrities in 2011, until a makeshift ford was laid next to it through the Steinbach.

In the valley gorge of the Steinbach, about one and a half kilometers south of Bonaforth, shortly before the road bridge of the B 496 over the creek are the two killing stones . They commemorate the Mündener merchant Johann Kessler and his future son-in-law Georg Schmalkalden from Langensalza, who were attacked and murdered by robbers in this gorge on October 4th, 1614.

  • Bonaforth Chapel, view from the southwest

  • View from the churchyard of the chapel to the south into Bonaforther Straße

  • The local embankment with its monumental arched passage; Looking south down into the Altdorf

  • Mordstein 1 in the Steinbachtal

  • Mordstein 2 in Steinbachtal

  • Baroque two-arch bridge on the Alte Kasseler Landstrasse

literature

  • Angela Sohnrey: On the history of the village of Bonaforth . 2018 ( digitized version [PDF] with extensive further literature).

Web links

Commons : Bonaforth  - Collection of Images
  • Website of the Bonaforth local home maintenance
  • Website of the sponsoring association Dorfgemeinschaftshaus Bonaforth e. V.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bonaforth on the website of the city of Hann. Mouths; Retrieved March 5, 2016
  2. ↑ a b c d e f Angela Sohnrey: On the history of the village of Bonaforth. (PDF) In: Bonaforth.net. 2018, accessed August 5, 2020 .
  3. ↑ Manor. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  4. ^ Federal Statistical Office (ed.): Historical municipality directory for the Federal Republic of Germany. Name, border and key number changes in municipalities, counties and administrative districts from May 27, 1970 to December 31, 1982 . W. Kohlhammer, Stuttgart / Mainz 1983, ISBN 3-17-003263-1 , p. 213 .
  5. ↑ Erwin May: Münden and surroundings . Erwin May, Hann. Münden 1980, p. 168 f .
  6. ↑ Chapel. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Kapellengemeinde. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Kapellengemeinde - Bonaforth. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .
  9. ↑ The Bridge of Sighs at Bonaforth. In: NDR.de. Retrieved August 10, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Mordestones. Retrieved August 5, 2020 .